MICROANATOMY

BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The wall of the ____ is thicker because it has to pump blood to the whole body.
A
right atrium
B
left atrium
C
right ventricle
D
left ventricle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The left ventricle pumps blood to all parts of the body, while the right ventricle only pumps blood to the lungs. Therefore, the wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the right ventricle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The left ventricle wall is thicker than the right ventricle wall due to where the blood is being pumped. Since the left ventricle pumps blood to the whole of the body it needs to be stronger than the right ventricle which only pumps blood to the lungs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why is the left ventricular wall of the heart thicker than the right ventricular wall? To accommodate a greater volume of blood. To expand the thoracic cage during diastole. To pump blood with greater pressure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ventricles have thicker walls than auricles because they have to pump blood to different organs and the pressure with which the blood flows through them is more than the auricles. Therefore, the walls are thicker in ventricles than in auricles.

Detailed explanation-5: -The right ventricle pumps the oxygen-poor blood through the pulmonary valve to the lungs. The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich blood through the aortic valve out to the rest of the body.

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